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Anonymous ID: 8ce7ff Jan. 3, 2024, 4:16 p.m. No.20178343   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8377 >>8379

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Saint Anthony Beaten by the Devils (1430-32) by Stefano di Giovanni. Identified by his Tau cross, the saint is beaten by fallen angels (identified by wings and horns). Despite being savagely beaten with clubs, the saint directly looks at us, completely stoic, as if saying: “This is nothing”.

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In Michaelangelo’s The Torment of Saint Anthony (1488), the saint is held aloft and is beaten by ten or so devils. Once again, his face says: “Whatever”.

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The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1550) by Pieter Coecke van Aelst. In this chaotic painting, the saint faces a nude woman who tempts him with alcohol in a golden cup. Behind the nude woman is her procuress (old-world pimp) who is hoping to corrupt him. Meanwhile, Saint Anthony flashes the “stay away from me, harlot” hand sign.

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The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1525) by Hieronymus Bosch (or one of his followers).

 

While, in most paintings, Saint Anthony is surrounded by complete chaos and destruction, everything is more peaceful here. Demons are still tempting him with alcohol (left) and they’re still trying to attack and torment him. However, they’re reduced to small, nearly harmless goblins. Like in other paintings, we see creatures “invading” buildings in the background (representing demons wanting to destroy his legacy) but they aren’t causing any damage. In other words, Saint Anthony is winning … just by not giving in.

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Don’t give in.

 

Resisting temptations coming from our own brains is at the core of human existence. After fasting in the desert for forty days and forty nights, Jesus was tempted by Satan with bread. While there is nothing simpler than bread, a starving Jesus had to use every ounce of willpower to resist it.

 

When Jesus resisted this earthly temptation, Satan took things to a spiritual level: He offered him all of the kingdoms of the world … if he only bowed down to him.

 

And that’s exactly what is happening to us, right now. We are being “tempted” to bow down to evil in every way possible. Two of the biggest musical hits of this year were Sam Smith’s Unholy and Doja Cat’s Paint the Town Red. These two extremely catchy songs were all about bowing down to evil. And both of these songs were aggressively drilled into young people’s minds through elite-owned platforms such as TikTok.